Garment



Patented May 3, 1938 i Y PATENT OFFiCE GARMENT Robert Alston Harris andHenrietta Harris, St. Louis, M0.

Application September 16, 1935, Serial No. 40,674

3 Claims.` (Cl. 2'7Q) This invention relates to garments; and hasspecial reference to a novel construction, combination and arrangementof parts herein disclosed whereby a satisfactory garment is produced andsecured on the wearer in a novel manner.

Objects ofthe invention are to provide a garment including a bodyportion and legs having the body portion open from the collar orneckband downwardly in continuation of an opening extending upwardlyfrom the lower portion of one of the legs, and fasteners for attachingtogether the marginal edges of the garment at said opening in, anornamental and satisfactory fashion; to provide cuff elements inconnection with the legs of the garment for fitting snugly around theankles of the wearer; and, generally, to provide a garment of thecharacter herein disclosed that may be manufactured and sold atpermissible cost and which is highly attractive and pleasing inappearance and design.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will be readilyapparent from the following description, reference being made to theannexed drawing, in whichv Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of agarment construction in accordance with one embodiment of the invention,a portion of the legs being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the garment open.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. l,showing the arrangement of the substantially concealed fastenersforattaching together the marginal portions of the garment at the sides ofthe opening.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. l, showing otherfasteners for the upper portion of the garment.

The garment shown on sheet I of the drawing comprises a body portion Ihaving attached there- Yto sleeves 2 and 3, and a short skirt portion 4,so that said body portion including these portions may be called a coat.For additional utility and ornamentation, the front of the coat may beprovided with lapels 5, a belt 6 and pockets I. t The lower portion ofthe garment includes legs 8 and 9 forming trousers and having a Waistportion lll extending upwardly under or within the coat and attachedthereto by stitches II.

The upper end of the body portion or coat opens and has overlappingmargins I2 and I3 extending laterally and downwardly from the collaropening to the underside of the sleeve 3. The outer portion I3 may beattached to the inner portion I2 by fasteners of any appropriate type,preferably of an ornamental design such as buttons I4 fastened to theportion i 2 and engageable with buttonholes I formed in the marginalportion I3.

The garment is also open from the lower end I6 of the opening justdescribed approximately to the point I1. 'Ihe edges of the coat at thesides of the opening are attached to the trousers by stitches II'. TapesI8 and I9 carrying, respectively, releasable and engageable fasteners2li and 2| are attached to the margins along the opening between thepoints I6 and I'I in a novel manner. As shown, the margins 22 along theopening are folded inwardly, the tapes I8 and |9 are laid upon thefolded margins 22, and bands 23 having their adjacent edges enclosed inbinding strips 24 are laid upon the tapes I B and I9. Rows of stitches25 pass through the parts 24, 23, I8 and I9, 22 and the margins alongthe opening, and secure these parts together, as shown in Fig. 3 of thedrawing. The opposite edges of the bands 23 are enclosed in bindings 25and attached to the garment by stitches 2l. In this way, the hooks 23and 2| are held out of contact with the body of the wearer or theunderwear worn by the wearer, which is a distinct advantage. A slide 28is connected with the fasteners 2|) and 2| and is slidable along theseries of fasteners to engagel and disengage them. As stated, thesefasteners extend between the points I6 and I l and the slide 28 is moveddownwardly from the point I6 to the point I'I to open the garment, andis moved upwardly from the point I'i to the point I6 to close thegarment. 'I'he belt II crosses these fasteners and cooperates therewithto hold the garment to the form of the wearer.

A scarf may be provided in connection with the upper end of the garmentand have its central portion 23 attached to the upper end of the rear ofthe garment, and end portions 3l) which may be placed around the neck ofthe wearer and attached in any appropriate manner.

The garment shown additionally comprises an elastic cuff 3| in the lowerportion of each leg. The cuffs 3| are attached to the lower end ofelastic supporting members 32 having their upper ends secured to thelegs of the garment by stitches 33. The adjacent ends of the supportingmembers 32 are unattached to each other, and also the adjacent ends ofthe cuffs 3| are unattached to each other, so that the composite cudevices may be opened from their lower ends to their upper ends tofacilitate getting into and out of the garment. The edges of the cuffs3| are provided with releasable and engageable fastener elements 34,whereby the cuffs may be held closely around the ankles of the wearer,leaving the lower ends of the legs proper of the garment at full size.

The garment may be varied widely in numerous particulars other thanthose specifically suggested without departure from the nature andprinciple of the invention.

We claim:-

l. A garment comprising trousers including legs and a waist portion, anda coat attached to the waist of the trousers being closed at the frontand having a skirt portion extending downwardly over and covering thewaist portion of the trousers, both the coat and the trousers having anv opening from one side of the collar of the coat laterally downwardlytoward one side of the coat near the shoulder and thence downwardlyalong one side and throughout the length of the coat and downwardlyalong one side of one leg of the trousers and terminating substantiallyabove the lower end of said leg of the trousers; fasteners for holdingclosed the fil'st named opening at the upper portion of the coat,separate fasteners for opening and closing the side of the coat and thetrousers from the lower end of said first named fasteners to the lowerend of said last named opening that terminates above the lower end ofthe leg of the trousers, and a device for engaging and disengaging saidlast named fasteners.

2. A garment comprising trousers including legs and a waist portion, anda coat attached to the waist of the trousers being closed at the frontand having a skirt portion extending downwardly over and covering thewaist portion of the trousers, both the coat and the trousers having .anopening from one side of the collar of the coat laterally downwardlytoward one side of the coat near the shoulder and thence downwardlyalong one side and throughout thel length of the coat and downwardlyalong one side of one leg of the trousers and terminating substantiallyabove the lower end of said leg of the trousers; fasteners for holdingclosed the first named opening at the upper portion of the coat,separate fasteners for opening and closing the side of the coat and thetrousers from the lower end of said rst named fasteners to the lower endof said last named opening that terminates above the lower end of theleg of the trousers, and cuffs attached to the inner sides of the legportions of the garment below the lower end of said opening at the sideof a legportion of the garment and having unattached edges adapted tooverlap from their lower ends to their upper ends.

3. A garment comprising trousers including legs and a waist portion, anda coat attached to the waist of the trousers being closed at the frontand having a skirt portion extending downwardly over and 'covering thewaist portion of the trousers, both the coat and the trousers having anopening from one side of the collar of the coat laterally downwardlytoward one side of the coat near the shoulder and thence downwardlyalong one side and throughout the length of the coat and downwardlyalong one side of one leg of the trousers and terminating substantiallyabove the lower end of said leg of the trousers; fasteners for holdingclosed the first named opening at the upper portion of the coat,separate fasteners for opening and closing the side of the coat and thetrousers from the lower end of said first named fasteners to the lowerend of said last named opening that terminates above the lower end ofthe leg of the trousers, cuffs attached to the inner sides of the legportions of the garment below the lower end of said opening at the sideof a leg portionof the garment and having unattached edges adapted tooverlap from their lower ends to their upper ends, and detachable meansfor attaching together said edges of said cuffs and for holding saidcuffs closely around the ankles of the wearer of the garment and leavingthe lower ends of said leg portions extending downwardly a substantialdistance around and loosely enclosing the portions of said cuffsenclosed thereby.

ROBERT ALSTON HARRIS. HENRIETTA HARRIS.

